John Francis wrote:
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 12:36:31AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 2/12/2006 1:20:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
For example: "The chief tenet of the Enlightenment is that the growth of
knowledge is the key to human emancipation. No true believer in the
Enlightenment would ever question that article of faith. Yet faith in
progress through the growth of knowledge is itself irrational."
It should be clear to most people these days that most of the world despises
the ideas of the Enlightenment, and they will quite happily burn us all at
the stake to make us believe their nonsense. Unless we are very careful
indeed, we will soon enter a new age of endarkenment.
Bob
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Well said. The path of globalization tends to lead downward to the lowest
common denominator. And in some countries that is very low indeed.
Marnie aka Doe The solution, of course, is an international labor movement.
The solution, if you ask me, is avoiding anyone claiming they know what
the real solution is, especially if they then try and impose their pet
solution on the rsst of the world.
oops ...
Y'know, this "poor" thread has been nothing but a minefield almost still
it started.
Meanwhile, I am still a bit amazed that anyone could make out so clearly
what the camera in the picture is. I thought there wasn't enough detail
there to tell. Guess to those who know that model well, there really is.
Is there a particular clue in the picture, that wouldn't mean anything
unless one knew rangefinders extremely well?
ERNR
